Comments on: Going Unwired: Week #1

By: lliiaa.com

lliiaa.com — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:49:17 +0000

procrasturbation…

Funny comment on Ernie’s post about trying to unplug: Procrasturbation, n. – Wasting time by doing a less onerous task. Particularly popular with freelancers and those who “work from home”. Example: rather than doing my taxes, i decided to finally…..

By: procrasturbation : ITP AlumniBlender

procrasturbation : ITP AlumniBlender — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:15:21 +0000

[...] comment on Ernie’s post about trying to unplug: Procrasturbation, n. – Wasting time by doing a less onerous task. Particularly popular with [...]

By: Kelleah

Kelleah — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:29:35 +0000

I’m a fan of the unplugging as well. Probably because after a long day of sitting in front of a PC monitor for 8+ hours, the last thing I want to do is go home and sit in front of a home computer.

Although I seem to have no problem sitting in front of the TV? Well, not sitting, reclining. Maybe that’s it. I might not feel so tired from work if I were allowed to turn my office chair into a chaise. With pillows. And a blankey. It could work.

By: eric

eric — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:14:03 +0000

It’s not boredom, Ernie — it’s “procrasturbation”.

Procrasturbation, n. –

Wasting time by doing a less onerous task. Particularly popular with freelancers and those who “work from home”. Example: rather than doing my taxes, i decided to finally do last year’s spring cleaning. Example: rather than fixing all of the security holes in that Javascript prototype, he decided that now would be a good time to reorganize 3500 vacation photos from last year.

Ain’t nothing wrong with a little bit of procrasturbation now and then — too much, though, and you WILL go blind

By: vanni

vanni — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:49:16 +0000

Oh my little sweet yellow ernie. I come back to read your blogs after a year or so and I find you suffering on Web overload. Man oh man… youse got to take some time out for your soul. Please Ernie, go out and talk to people. Go to a theatre show. And on the weekend try walking or cycling about aimlessly. Please try and get in touch with your friend inside your self. You know the fellow that you hung around with during your early childhood years. Best of luck Ernie.

By: teahouseblossom

teahouseblossom — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:27:16 +0000

Most impressive. Next step is to spend an evening at the public library…

By: Aya

Aya — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:34:45 +0000

… sorry for the double post, but a thumbs-up to those that turn off the television set. One person in the four-man flat I live in has the damn thing on every evening and it’s really annoying and distracting while I’m trying to clean/work/read. The noise pollutes the entire common area and the adjoining office.

By: Aya

Aya — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:33:15 +0000

I loves me the intarwebs, but after 8 hours of working on various Puzzle Pirates related things at the office, I have to get out and train or run or do other things.

I notice that my eyes take a moment now to adjust between focal lengths, and it freaks me out because I know this is caused by staring at a monitor all day.

You’re always welcome to take up the martial arts! Lots of pleasant, non-violent and fit young men in those.

By: jefframone

jefframone — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:09:04 +0000

Since you live in San Francisco, you don’t really understand the utter horror of winter. Granted, this year in Chicago has not been too, too bad. But when you’re don’t work a 9-to-5 job (as I do not) and everyone you know is at work or otherwise occupied when you are not, the Internet seems to be the only social refuge. Especially when it’s cold and you feel somewhat trapped inside.

But by this point (winter is 3/4 over) I am so cabin feverish that I MUST get out of the house. I think the best way of quelling boredom is to take a book and go sit somewhere comfortable — a park, a cafe, anywhere but home — and read. Fewer distractions, fewer electronic temptations. But alas, if you have an iPhone all this would be for naught.

By: YvesPaul

YvesPaul — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:37:06 +0000

I guess we have a very similar life, I usually go home and start browsing/cruising online, plus I’m a lvl 70 Hunter on Proudmoore. Recently I have reduced my online activities since I don’t have the patience to save for a flying mount, I haven’t been on WoW for a while either.

It’s a lot more relaxing to just watch TV, cook leisurely, read, listening to music and knit.